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drinking alcohol is just not an option. I have been around for a very long time and have seen countless numbers of people go out and drink again, so I would have to say that the option IS there for alcoholics, and that scares the crap out of me!
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I have been around quite awhile myself and have also seen many return to drinking. But I look to the Big Book. The step ten promise tells me that I shall recoil from alcohol as if from a hot flame. I spent quite a few years in AA not treating my alcoholism. I made meetings and just didn't drink ( what a miserable existence). Then I began working the steps as they are outlined in the Big Book ( the only book that tells me how to work the steps, all others simply build upon this book)...
The result, I cannot drink today. Booze is not an issue in my life. Now here is the kicker. If I do not maintain this life I will have no choice but to drink. For you see, I have lost the power in control over the drink. I had to seek a higher power, and it has removed the alcohol problem. My job is to be of maximum service. I do not practice a "selfish program for selfish people"
Self is the problem!
Why do alcoholics drink again???
They stop taking their medicine. I need the steps now more than when I got here. I have something worth losing.
We need not ever fear alcohol
One last thing, you do not have to wait to work the steps. Read Dr Bobs story ( day two he made amends) We can become "recovered" alcoholics or we can still suffer until no option left but drink seems appealing